On Monday, the Romanian government approved, at the proposal of the Ministry of Development, an allocation of 17.8 million lei from the Budget Reserve Fund for the purchase of drinking water desalination equipment in Mureș County.
The decision comes in the context of a major ecological crisis triggered by water entering the Praid salt mine following heavy rains.
The incident led to a dangerous increase in the salt concentration in the drinking water in the localities of Târnăveni, Fântânele, and Suplac, leaving thousands of residents without access to clean water.
As a result, the National Committee for Emergency Situations (CNSU) decided to start a process of desalinating the Târnava Mică River, and the Ministry of the Environment identified a rapid technological solution to resume the supply of drinking water to the three affected communities.
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